A gang of poachers killed a rhino near Kathal Chang forest camp under Burhapahar forest range in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Sunday night around 8.30 pm and managed to flee with the horn.
Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Centre would shortly seek a report from the Assam government on reports of large-scale encroachment on areas around the K
The high-powered committee of Central and State government officials, constituted by the Gauhati High Court, conducted a survey of the encroachments in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday and directe
The government on Tuesday said that 11 rhino poachers have been killed in seperate encounters while 20 of them arrested in Kaziranga Tiger reserve in Assam this year.
The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Assam government over a CAG report which has detected a number of lapses and anomalies by the state in maintenance of the Kaziranga National Park.
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Assam government for its failure to release funds for protection of wildlife in Kaziranga and Manas national parks and directed it to make the amount